Trooping the Colour in Malaysia or “Istiadat Mengarak Panji-Panji“, although inherited from the British, has transformed into a grander and more Malaysian celebration usually on the first Saturday of June (this year, on the 2nd Saturday) annually live on Kuala Lumpur’s Independence Square, which is both open to invited guests and the general public.

As the Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong takes the salute on this day together with the commanders of the three services of the Malaysian Armed Forces, the Joint Forces Command, Malaysia and the members of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council, of which he is the chairman, plus military personnel and veterans in attendance.

The ceremonial pledge of allegiance of the Armed Forces (ATM) to the King as the Supreme Commander of the ATM was held in conjunction with the birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

*Normally during Trooping The Colours Ceremony, I rarely choose to take my shots from here, I mean from this position, normally I will use 300mm lens and took the shots from a far when The Yang di-Pertuan Agong inspected the guard of honour, I like that place very much but this time I choose this place just to get a different picture for my portfolio.

This time I did not carry a 300mm lens, instead my weapon of choice is just 24-120mm f/4 and 70-200mm f/2.8lens.